realism
noun
- mental attitude corresponding with reality
- artistic style
- property of an object or concept with attributes derived from reality
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism From real + -ism.
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
- A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.